Buffy hit the doors of sickbay at a run. "Dr. Phlox?" she called desperately, then stopped short at seeing Trip sitting on one of the bio beds.

            "Oh damn." She moaned, swaying slightly and feeling dizzy all of the sudden. Dr. Phlox came in and looked at her in concern, "Is there something amiss Buffy?" he asked in concern, but Buffy was staring at Trip, her face white.

            Trip was puzzled by the panic on Buffy's face and watched in dismay as her eyes rolled up into her head and she collapsed onto the floor in a heap. "Buffy!" he said but was echoed from the door. The Captain strode in, swept Buffy into his arms and laid her gently on a bio bed. His eyes met Trip's in surprise.

            "Hey Trip, I didn't see you. Are you alright?" He asked. Trip nodded numbly, too shocked to speak as his best friend hovered over Buffy like a worried lover. Dr. Phlox looked at them sharply and gave Trip a hypo spray before escorting him to the door, "If you're still in pain tomorrow come back. Don't worry about Buffy, I'm sure she'll be fine." The door shut in Trip's face.

            "Now what seems to be the problem?" He asked as he started running a scanner over Buffy.

            "Oh, I don't know. Buffy and I had sex 7 or 8 times in the last 12 hours. I blew off duty to be with her. I'm acting like an oversexed 16 year old. Take your pick." His voice was muffled for the last part as he dropped his face into his hands tiredly. Buffy moaned and his head shot up. She held a hand to her head and looked at him and sighed in relief, "Trip?"

            He stood and walked over to her, helping her sit up, "He left." She nodded and rested her aching head against him. He ran his hand over her back in soothing strokes, she sighed and pulled back to look up at him and there was a sizzle that the doctor could almost physically see.

"Oh my. Let me check your blood panels." He checked the computer, but didn't fail to notice that they moved closer, kissing gently, hands moving restlessly.

            He bustled over and using his scanner noted that they had elevated blood pressure, elevated heart beats and other symptoms of arousal. "Well Captain, your prostate is enlarged from working overtime." He said cheerfully and the Captain groaned, then laughed shakily. "I know it's been working over time, but why?"

            Buffy hugged him to her and they kissed again, this time becoming passionate. The Doctor pried them apart "Let's just separate you two for now." then led the Captain to a bio bed and called Lt. Reed.

            Malcolm was puzzled as he headed toward sick bay, the Doctor had been vague. When he strode in and saw what was happening, he was shocked. His Captain was lying on a bio bed, Buffy on top of him and while they were fully clothed, they were, well, involved.

            "Sir?" He just about squeaked in shock. Buffy jumped guiltily and shot Malcolm a smile before sliding off of the Captain reluctantly and going back to her own bio bed. The Captain's eyes never left her and Malcolm swung around to the doctor, "What in the bloody hell is going on?"

            Doctor Phlox smiled reassuringly, "They're going to be fine Lieutenant. They encountered some kind of allergen that activated their hormones to respond sexually, lowering their personal inhibitions. I am in the process of making an antidote, they should recover quite nicely.

            Malcolm looked at them and shook his head; he was going to be scarred for life. "Why am I here?" He asked plaintively.

            "To keep them clothed and off of each other until I am finished."

            Malcolm blushed then shrugged and moved to stand between the bio beds. He folded his arms, "So I guess this is why you missed dinner and lunch?" he asked Buffy. She grinned and the Captain blushed, "Yeah, though I'm starved now."

            The Captain sighed, "I don't know how I'm going to put this in a report." He complained lightly. Buffy waved a hand, "Pfft. Easy. Went down to the planet of the purple water, got contaminated by something and ended up in your quarters having sex. 7 or was it 8 times?" she looked at the ceiling thoughtfully.

            Jon shook his head, and turned on his side to look at her, "I've been trying to think. 2 times in the shower, one standing up, and 4 times in the bed?"

            Buffy shook her head, "I think it was 5." She said thoughtfully, using her fingers to count.

            Malcolm groaned, not only was it way too much information, it was a disaster! The Dr. bustled over and injected them both, then watched them fall asleep with satisfaction.

            "What are we going to do? Are they even aware of what is happening?" Malcolm asked a little desperately and the Dr. nodded.

            "Oh very aware. They both came here of their own volition after realizing that something was wrong. As to the question of what to do? They are adults Lieutenant. Either they'll continue the relationship or move away as you humans like to say."

Malcolm sighed, "The saying is 'move on'."

            "Is it? Truthfully I think that Buffy will be very good for the Captain." He stated and Malcolm struggled to stay sane for a moment.

            "That's all well and good, but what about Commander Tucker?"

            Doctor Phlox looked at him in surprise. "It was my understanding that the Commander's relationship with Buffy ended some time ago."

            Malcolm scrubbed his face tiredly with his hands, "It doesn't mean that he won't have a severe problem with this."

 The Doctor stood there thoughtfully, "I see. Well maybe the 3 of them can enter a relationship together." He shrugged, "I'm sure it will work out."

            Malcolm moaned quietly, "No, no, no, no, no."

            Buffy woke first, her faster metabolism utilizing the medicine quicker. She stretched, then gasped as she almost rolled off of the bio bed. The Dr. was there in an instant, "Easy. Your scans show that you are almost normal. How do you feel?" He asked.

            "Confused." She looked over at her Captain. He was still asleep, looking as innocent as a child. The memories of the two of them were spectacular and she sighed quietly. There would be hell to pay. "Can I go?" she asked quietly and he nodded, "Go eat something then head straight for bed."

Buffy groaned at this and Dr. Phlox grinned wickedly, "For sleep only." She laughed and walked over to the Captain. She brushed the hair off of his forehead with a gentle hand and kissed him gently on the lips before turning and leaving sickbay.

            "Well well. The next few days should be interesting." The good Doctor chuckled.

            Buffy walked to the crew mess feeling as weak as a kitten. She piled her plate high with food and slinked to a seat. She felt like she had a sign on her back that said, 'I screwed the Captain silly!!' Hoshi looked at Buffy and knew that something was up. She turned to Travis, "Let's go sit with her." He nodded good-naturedly and they both walked over to the table, trays in hand. Buffy looked up and smiled her thousand watt smile.

 "Sit! Sit!" Buffy said and Travis and Hoshi laughed.

            "Are you ok Buffy? I hear you were in sickbay. No one else was allowed to go to the planet!" Travis exclaimed and Buffy shuddered, 'What a horrible thought, an entire ship infected. Yikes!' she closed her mouth to contain a hysterical giggle..

            "Yeah, I'm ok. I had a severe allergic reaction to the planet of purple water and weird trees." Buffy waved a hand, "Apparently if you're from Earth it's a lot worse."

            Buffy finished her meal and looked at her friends, "I'm bushed. Phlox said I needed sleep. See you tomorrow." They smiled and Buffy headed out, not seeing Malcolm until he touched her sleeve. Looking up into his blue eyes she smiled, "Hey."

            "Hey yourself, are you alright?" His voice was quiet, soft with concern.

            "I'm good." She shrugged and he nodded and let her leave. Buffy walked slowly back to her quarters, reliving the past 2 days with a little amazement. She went in and showered and changed then lay down wearily and fell asleep.

            The next couple of weeks Buffy avoided the Captain. She wasn't sure she could even look at him without jumping him. Dr. Phlox assured that the antidote worked but Buffy still felt overwhelmingly attracted to the Captain. Unfortunately she wasn't sleeping well. She'd keep waking up and trying to reach for the man who wasn't there. And she always, each and every time expected the Captain.

            Jon was aware that she was avoiding him. He was also aware that he walked by the gym way too often, just to see a glimpse of her. He was sleeping terribly, waking up to find her not in his bed and not being able to drop back to sleep without her. He shook his head impatiently, he was day dreaming on the bridge again and had missed T'pol's question.

            Hoshi and Buffy were eating lunch when Buffy suddenly looked up at her friend, "Hoshi, do you have duty?" She asked, a little desperate.

"No. Why?" Hoshi replied.

 "Come to my quarters, I need to talk to you." And Hoshi nodded.

            They were in Buffy' quarters eating chocolate when Hoshi sat up in shock, "You and the Captain? Together?"

            Buffy nodded miserably, "A bunch of times. It was. …fantastic."  

"I'm scared to death." She whispered.

Hoshi sat back and wrapped her mind around this startling information. "Is this why I haven't seen you on the bridge?" she asked.

Another nod, "I want to. I want to look at him, but then I want to touch him, crawl in his lap and.."

Hoshi held up her hands, "Stop! I beg of you." Buffy was blushing.

            Hoshi spoke thoughtfully, "What's wrong with it? I mean, you're not Starfleet so you're technically not under him." She made a face, "So to speak." Buffy grinned. "You'd be free to date or whatever. You'd be good for the Captain!" she said firmly.

Buffy's face cleared, "Do you think so?" and Hoshi nodded, "Give it a chance."

            Jon was in the turbolift, tired to the bone when the doors opened and Buffy stood there. They stared at each other for so long that the doors began to close and the Captain reached out and stopped them. His amber eyes were dark, pleading, "In or out." Buffy stepped on, not being able to stop herself..

            He looked at tired as she felt. "Not to be rude, but you look like you could use some sleep." She said softly. He smiled wryly and rubbed his eyes, "I keep waking up."

            "And you can't go back to sleep because I'm not there." She whispered and he nodded carefully, their eyes locked. The lift stopped and they both jolted. "Come to my room tonight." Buffy rushed out as soon as the doors opened.

            Buffy showered and crawled into bed, tired but wired with anxiety as well. Her door chimed and she smiled in relief. "Come in."           

            The door opened and revealed the Captain, freshly showered, standing in her doorway. Buffy leaned onto one elbow, "Come on in Jon." He entered and stood a little uncomfortably. Buffy flopped back down and held up the corner of her sheet in invitation, "If you're going to get in then do it now, I'm about to fall asleep and I'm not waiting." Jon smiled and undressed to his boxers, crawling into her tiny bed and curling around her, her back to his front.

 "Are you ok?" He whispered and she jabbed him with an elbow, "Shh! Sleepin'!" she muttered. He grinned to himself and slid into sleep with her.